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WIDOW OF TRAGEDIAN
SHERIDAN. WHO DIED
ALONE AMID SQUALOR. .
At a meeting of Laborers' Protective
Union No. 8344. held last night at 1159
Mls3lon street, it was decided to request
the street contractors to pay their men,
commencing November 1, on Saturday
nights. Fourteen laborers signed the roll
and twelve made application for admis
slon to membership. .
Want Pay Saturday Nights.
Pnts Into Port for Repairs.
VICTORIA, B. C. Aug. 26.-The bark'
Senator, which sailed from here on
August 22 .with a cargo of lumber, and.
after trying experinces, made Hilo In a
leaking condition, arrived this morning.
She started for Liverpool from Hilo. but.
springing another leak, came here for
repairs.
HAVANA. Aug. 26,— E. P. Westall. chief
of the money order bureau of the Havana
postofflce, left the office as usual with the
surplus remittance to pay Into the treas
ury. The amount was $4000. He took an
omnibus and. according to his statement.
placed the packet containing the money
on the seat by his side. He read a news
paper until he reached the point where ha
wished, to alight, and when about to leave
the omnibus he found that the packet was
missing-. Two boys who were in tha om
nibus at the time say they saw a mulatto
throw a packet to a negro In the street.
Westall Is under a bond of $10,000. The
matter will be left to the courts for deci
sion. , - .
Steals Package of Money From Post-
N office Employe While Riding
in an Omnibus.
DiABING ROBBEH SECURES
GOOD HAUL FROM CLEEK
Deputy J. H.' Davis reported to the Fish
.Commission yesterday that on'Saturrtav
night he arrested two Greeks named De-'
maprgio and Cartarldo near Pelican Creek '
in Suisun Bay. . for .violation of, the Satur
day and Sunday* flsh law. The men'were
caught with their nets in the water.'
Game Law Violators; Caught.
SACRAMENTO, Aug/: 26.— A committee
from Union v and Sacramento C lodges of
the Ancient - Order of United ".Workmen
in conjunction with J. Hoesch; * chairman
of the ' Grand Lodge finance committee
has arranged for a "United Workmen
Day" at : the State Agricultural Pavilion
on Tuesday, September = 10. A feature of
the- evening. will be a competitive drill
Sacramento vs.- San Francisco, for which
a prixe of. $50' will be given.
-'"¦/> '. \ ' ¦ " '¦'-..
Lodgemen Will; Make Merry.
ISLAND PORTS.
: ¦-' HONOLULU— Sailed Augr 15— ScHr.W. J. Pat-'
tersonj for . Puset Sound.' " ¦ : ¦> ¦ ~
HILO— Arrived Aug 11— Schr Mildred, from
Seattle.: ; "\ . ¦ ;-. ..-¦ . '.*¦-
I ATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
; SAILED. - ¦;:•;
. . ¦ i > " • Monday,* August 28.
V Stmr Navarro, Olsen, .'.* , < -
:¦¦ :,'¦ ¦- DOMESTIC 'PORTS. ,
: : SEATTLE-i-Arrived Aujr 26-^Stmr ' Dlrlgo,
f rom Skasruay. - - , '
j PORT TOWNSEND— Arrived Ausr 26— Br
ship : Ncrma, - from Antwerp; * schr John * 1).
Tallant, r from'Quayaquil." . . ¦• . ¦ V •
Southern Pacific Low .Bates East.
September 5 and (Land October 3 and 4,
to Buffalo, $87 OO.srqund trip". September
S^and 6 to Cleveland, $82 50. round trip.
Many hours quickest. Many, miles short
est. Best scenery. : Choice of routes.
Daily limited train service to Chicago.
Tourist car. excursions < to both Cleveland
and Buffalo. - 613 Market street. -~.,. ; -
The 'following named citizens were
sworn in yesterday by United States Dis
trict Judge de Haven as a' Federal Grand
Jury: .. •-•,.-i-. ¦--.-; . -•':,.- :
J. G. Gllchrist. Charles W. Rldgeway.' C.
W. Wasner, H. AXjVegener.' E. W. - Schroder,
C 9. Capp, C. A. Ohichester, .D. Samuels, > J.
P. Currier. I... Cooks. T. C. Masteller. J. R.
ChriiFty. H. H. Dana, M. H. Cook. "W. ,H." L.
Corran. ¦ Henry T.~ Ro?ers. F. N." Moore, "Albert
P. Rothkof . D. H. ..Ward," Herman A. Roaen
baum. C. H. Cattermole, Henry Falk,C. v H.'
Cassasa. , . - . • -
T. , C. Masteller; was elected • foreman
and F. N. Moore secretary. ' .• •
Federal Grand Jury Sworn.
Lefranc yelle'Jforhelp'and the five men
bolted. V Robins , ran, along s Bartlett alley
and the^four others, along Pacific street.
The special officers and a citizen .'chased
Robins and captured him. He had dropped
the': watch in the alley in' his -flight and
it was, later recovered. .
A. Lefranc, a resident -of Piedmont," was
approached at Pacific street and Bartlett
alley by; Robin's. and: four other, men,. who
asked him' for. money to. buy 'a drink- Le
franc gave 4-hem a.- 50-cent piece, expect
ing -they.: wou'.d leave .< him - alone.' They
gathered around r him and began . shoving
him from -one to the other, and Robins
grabbed his . gold watch, breaking the
chain. ¦ . . "-:."'.. •. ,. . , ; \ ¦ . ;
Felix .Roblns.V an employe of Rtngllng
Brothers' circus, was arrested early yes
terday, morning * by. Special Officers Berge
and Downey land booked at the City Pris
on on acharge of robbery. 1 He appeared
before Judge Fritz yesterday and after
being instructed as ' to , his rights i and ar
raigned, the case was continued until to
morrow. ¦'~'pW<CTffli£jfl'*T^^TTM«P.ICTTlPM<l
CTBCUS MAU" BOOXKD
~ • ON EOBBEHY CHARGE
Little Stanley had- been. playing in the
yard' with a number of companions. " He
came into the house and passed through
to the kitchen and was hiding from his
playmates in the pantry. . While in the
pantry he climbed upon a Shelf and got
hold of the bottle of prussic acid. Draw
ing out the cork, he swallowed the con
tents of the bottle and In a few minutes
lay dead upon the floor. , • ¦>
SAN BERNARDINO. Aug. 26.— Stanley
Doyle, the two-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. James Doyle of this "city, died in aw
ful agony, to-day after swallowing the
contents of a bottle of prussic acid. The
child drank the deadly, poison while his
mother's back was turned and expired at
his mother's feet. V ,. /
Poison While Its Mother's
Back Is Turned.
.Swallows the Contents of a Bottle cf
3 ABE DIES ,TN r AGONY |
r * 'FBQM PBUSSIC ACID
The memory of Henry George will not
be forgotten In. San Francisco by his nu
merous friends and admirers. On next
Sunday evening exercises commemorating
the great *slngle-tax advocate's birthday
will' be fittingly remembered. The;princi
pal-speaker of the evening. will be James
G. Maguire. A committee appointed at a
recent date has made all necessary ar
rangements " for the occasion. Metropoli
tan Temple has been secured for the oc
casion by the. San Francisco Single- Tax
Society. There will be no admission fee
charged and as a consequence it may be
fairly presumed that the Temple will be
crowded, as Henry' George was -well
known , in this city, being the ( original
starter of the Evening Post when it was
sold on'the streets" for the sum of 1 cent.
Henry George's Birthday.
: Though Judge Dunne holds that the evi
dence adduced at the trial of George
Walker, charged with having, embezzled
$80 30 . from" the American Tract Society,
did not warrant the verdict' of guilty,
found In his case in February of 189S, he
filed an - opinion yesterday refusing to
consider the motion filed on behalf of
Walker for a new trial. Judge. Dunne
found 'that an appeal from the judgment
of conviction had been takenrtoo late by
Walker and i that • other legal impedimenta
for a review of his ¦ case existed. The
court therefore' filed a judgment. refusing
to consider the application for a new
trial. An appeal will be taken from Judge
Dunne's ruling and if this proves ineffec
tual the" merits of ; the case will.be tested
upon an application", for a writ of habeas
corpus. : -^
Believes Walker Innocent.
Miss Anna Frances Weaver, A. B.,
Stanford '.'97 and A. M. '9S. succeeds H. S.
sMuckelston as Instructor in -Greek, Mr.
Muckelston having accepted a position la
teacher in a preparatory school in San
Francisco. " •'•:?** .•
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Aug. 26.—
Professor Henry W. Rolfe of the Univer
sity of Chicago has been appointed acting
•professor of classical philology In the ab
sence of Professor Walter Miller, . who
has been granted a year's leave from the
-university. Professor Rolfe took- 'both
bachelor's and master's degree at Am
herst College and studied in Germany for
two years at the University of Leipzig.
He .was an- Instructor In English at Cor
nell-University from 18S3 to 18S5, professor
of Latin at Swarthmore College from 1885
until 1S90 and rhas .lately been identified
with the University of Chicago as a pro
fessor of English • literature and univer
sity extension lecturer.'. .--••'
Professor Miller will spend the winter
at Boston and Cambridge, completing and
publishing a textbook on Greek which he
has been -writing. The remainder of the
year he will be engaged in classical study
abroad. ¦
rarily to the Chair of Classical
Philology. ; ;
CHANGES TN STANFORD;
, UNIVERSITY FACULTY
Professor Rolfe Appointed Tempo-
An elderly woman was struck by . an
electric car at Dolores and Twenty-second
streets last evening. and killed. The mo
torman. W. B. Luckenbach. was placed
under arrest | and charged with man
slaughter.
When car 1060 of the Twenty-fourth
street tine dropped down the Dolores
street hill the motorman observed the. old
lady ster> on the track, but she ap
parently noticed his approach and stepped
back again. He had set his brake, but
released It and reached Twenty-second
street at a high' rate of speed. When the
fast moving car was within a few feef of
- "I have known Scott for some time,"
she said, "and thinking he was a gentle
man I accepted his invitation to visit the
saloon where he assaulted me. Noticing
that he had been drinking and thinking
he would, get into trouble if . he' reported
off in an intoxicated condition I sent for
some fried oysters, hoping that if he "ate
them -he -would be sufficiently -sober to
report off duty. After partaking of the
oysters he became belligerent and struck
me in the face. Realizing that he meant
to injure me I cried out for help. I be
lieve that if Captain Wittman | and Ser
geant.Donovan .had not. answered my.
screams for help Scott would have mUr
dered me." , ,
Scott has been connected with the pollcft
department for some time and has always
been considered, an exemplary officer, lie
admits that;' he- was ; intoxicated at the
time of the assault on Mrs. Laughrey, but
attempts- to explain his conduct by say
ing that he did not know what he was
doings ¦ •¦• " - - - - - ¦ », -
Captain Wittman has suspended Scott,
pending the action of the Polioe Commis
sioners. -' : ¦¦¦ , ¦• ¦:>>¦>:*>-:
• Police Officer T. : W. 'Scott "distinguish-'
ed" ; himself yesterday afternoon by
brutally treating a woman in a saloon
adjoining the Central. Police Station. The
woman's' name : is Mrs. Xaughrey.' Her
screams for help while Scott was abusing
her were* heard by Captain Wittman and
Sergeant" Donovan, who' were sitting in
the station,' and rushing- Into the saloon
they found the policeman standing: over
his helpless victim,' threatening to kill
her if she continued making an outcry. -
i Captain Wittman promptly seized Scott
and tore' the star from his breast. Mrs.
Laughrey was then escorted to the sta
tion, where she made a' statement of her
trouble with Scott. "
The purpose of the courses as stated in part
Is '.'to widen the tphere of the university e*
tension work, and to Increase its effectiveness;
and ' in order to meet, the needs of many who
find it Impossible to become regular students at
the university and are. yet desirous. of. pursu
ing under competent direction courses of read
lngr and private study similar In character to
those offered at ; the university."
. Please send to this office on or before A"tigust
31.. 1901 k the names and addresses of those
teachers in the school under your supervision
who wish to avail themselves of the advantages
for advanced study as proposed by university
authorities. . . •• ' ' ,
" Kepisters are promised by. tha State Super
intendent-during the first week of September.
All. requisitions for Hawthorne's Wonder.
Book" will . be • filled within * a : week.' a supply
having * been telegraphed for from Eastern
publishers.'':- ; - :. . .
Principals' requisitions' for books' of- refer
ence intended -for teachers', use have,- been- sent
to this office. ' I am Informed that it is not
the ¦ intention of ' the Board « of : Education I to
sunply such books. •¦. i ••
Principals will please send to, this offlce on
or before August 29. 1901.- a. list <Jf Rll teachers
who have been assigned - to their schools since
January: 1. 1901. giving also the • date ¦ of their
election to- the department.. Respectfully
yours., :„'¦ v'>; : )v R. E. WEBSTER.
. Superintendent ¦ of Schools.
To Principals and Teachers— Ladies and Gen
tlemen: I am in receipt. of a communication
from Mrs. . M. L. Cheney, appointment secre
tary, and Benjamin I. Wheeler, president of
the University; of California, calling, attention
to the announcement of university extension
! study courses. The scope ;'of these study
courses includes philosophy, ¦ pedagogy. ' Jurls
'pruderice, history and political science.. Orien
tal studies, Greek, classical archaeology,
Latin, English, French. German, mathematics,
astronomy, mechanical "engineering,, civil en
! glneering, agriculture, horticulture and ento
mology. Course of lectures will be delivered
where called for but for systematic work the
most serious study courses are recommended.
Superintendent of Schools, R. H. Web
ster has Issued the" following circular to
teachers of the department, calling their
attention to .-a course of university ex
tension lectures and other matters:
. . . ; SAN. FRANCISCO. Aug. 26, 1901.
Regarding Certificates to Com
plete His Secords. - > .1
Superintendent Webster Seeks, Data
LECTTJHB COURSE TO AID
PUBLIC - SCHOOL TEACHERS
Mrs. . Lucy Simmons
Loses .Her Life in .
the Mission.
Officer J/; Wf Scott;Bru
tally Assaults Mrs.
. Laughrey. .
WOMAN BEATEN
BY POLICEMAN
Several hundred.- members were present
to welcome the grand officer,' it being his
first official visit to these subordinates
of ¦ the Grand Lodge. He advised - the
Knights to keep up the work. that will
result. in entertaining the Supreme Lodge
and -the- many ..who -will be here next Au
gust. It is expected that about twenty
thousand strangers -from all parts of the
Union will be in this city during the
Pythian week in that month. He added
that from the i information he had re
ceived there will be about thirteen thou'
sand Knights in the grand parade, which
will take place on the fifth day or the
conclave. . - ¦ -,
Grand Chancellor Leonard S. Calkins of
the . Knights of Pythias visited the fol
lowing lodges in Pythian Castle last
nisht: .
California No. 1, Damon No. 2. Golden
Gate No. 3, Laurel No. 4, Ivanhoe No. 5,
Alemania No. 8, Eureka No. 9, Myrtle No.
16, Syracuse No. 58. Unity No. 61. Golden
City No. 63, Sequoia No. 18S and Mars No.
202. • ¦ ¦
Many Pythians Coming.
Old Friends' Bullshead Breakfast
The Society of Old Friends will enjoy a
bullsbead breakfast at the Excelsior Ho
tel, near the Five- Mile House. Mission
road, on next Sunday. The affair prom
ises to be fully up to the previous record
of the old forty-niners in giving an en
tertainment for their numerous friends.
The programme as laid out by Secretary
Slinkey embraces a choice collection of
talent, including Judge Charles T. Con-
Ian, president of the society; Harry Nie
mann. master of ceremonies: Dr. B. H.
Baumelster, toastmaster; Charles Lut
linger, manager, and others of equal local
renown.
Held for Forgery.
George P. Wlnford was held to answer
before the Superior Court by Judge Ca
baniss yesterday on a charge of forgerv in
52000 bonds. He was arrested for forging
the names of business men to "fake" con
tracts for advertising so as to get h«s
commission from the Newspaper Adver
tising Agency. ¦•
Tenor solo, Mr. Oscar J. Franks; Mr. J.
"Warren Keane, presenting the act with which
he will entertain Eastern audiences; Mr. Wil
liam McDonald, ba£so prolundo (late of ths
Boetonians): Forrest and Montague, Juven:!i
dancers (courtesy of the Columbia. Mlnstrei> i ;
Mr. Lloyd Spencer, hot air: baryton3 solo. "Th3
Great Beyond," Mr. Harry Wood Brown; x
few minutes with Billy Hjnes; scprano solo,
Mi« Millie Flyna: tenor solo, Mr. Walter C.
Wilson (Achille Artirues, accompanist) : Mr.
Keane, in his own creation. "The Wonder o£
Japland" (assisted by Mr. Spencer).
J. Warren Keans, who styles himself
"the modern wizard," entertained a large
audience in Sherman & Clay Hall last
evening with clever feats of legerdemain.
His v.-ork was greatly appreciated. - As it
was his farewell appearance a number of
his friends participated in the evening's
entertainment. The following programme
was rendered:
ory to the -last, and on the wall was a
photo of- Sheridan neatly .framed, and
hanging beside it one of herself. On the
back of her photo, written in bold hand
writing, appears the sentence) "May you
always be happy in your love,- Louise."
The Theatrical Managers',.; Association
will remove the body of the former act
ress'from the Morgue to-day. and the re
mains will be given a decent burial in
¦'God's acre." - .¦*' *', ¦
Clever Young Magician Entertains
a Large Audience With Feats
FAREWELL EE2TEFIT IS
TEinDEEED "WAJB.B.Eir KEANI!
When the class was organized yesterday
morning at 9 o'clock thirteen pupils were
present. Most of them were brought to
the school by their parents and seemed
delighted that they ¦ were ¦ to be taught.
The system of instruction used' by Mrs.
Holden is purely an oral method— lip
reading. The teacher- expects to be able
in one year to have all her pupils under
stand and speak 250 words. : ¦
All the pupils before leaving the school
room yesterday were able to say mamma,
papa, and several words expressive of
action, such as hop, jump and run.' Mrs.
Holden is very anxious to secure a piano
for the use of her pupils." . She says that
deaf children can be made to understand
and enjoy music. •
The Board of -Education instituted ' a
class for the deaf at the Harrison Pri
mary School yesterday. Mrs. J. B. Holden,
who was recently appointed to teach the
class, is most enthusiastic over the result3
of the first day. - •
PEAF CHILDREN'S CLASS .
MEETS WITH SUCCESS
Decrees of divorce were granted yester
day to Helen Aelman - from Samuel Ael
man for desertion. Estelle Retschy from
Valentine Retschy for failure to provide
and Ideline F. O'Neill. from William J.
O'Neill for neglect.
Suits for divorce have been filed by
Byron Stovall against*Minnie C. Stovall
for desertion, Annie Lane against William
H. Lane for failure to provide. Louise
Shinn against George Shlnn for failure to
provide, Emma A. Newman against James
A. Newman for cruelty. Mary T. Klenck
against William P. Klenck for desertion
and Blanche Rapp against George P.
Kapp for cruelty. «
Dorothy Studebaker-McKeown Is mak
ing $800 a month by her professional serv
ices, her husband avers, and furthermore,
even if this was not the case, he says his
property is so tied up in the hands of
trustees for the benefit of hi^- creditors
that he would be unable to meet the full
measure of her demands". . One hundred
dollars Is sufficient compensation, he con
cludes, for Mrs. McKeown's counsel, and
he ¦ asks the court to grant no further
sum. He further prays that the prayer of
his wife for a divorce and general relief
be denied. -^
An application to take the depositions of
Ethel Stockwell and Mrs. Mary C. Warde
to be sued inMrs. Warde's suit for divorce
from Arthur Frederick Warde was con
sidered by Judge Sloss yesterday. After a
brief hearing the court ordered that a
commission to take the depositions issue.
Mrs. Warde charges her husband with
desertion. Though he enters a general de
nial to her allegations, he centers the
force of his denial to her allegations that
she is a proper person to have the custody
of their child, Frederick Arthur Warde.
The Daternal grandmother of little
Frederick Arthur is the proper custodian
of their child, Mr. Warde alleges, and he
vaskb that the qourt make an order to that
effect.
¦ In his answer Mr. McKeown avers that
he is habitually sober: that he has not
deserted his wife, and as to her allegation
that he has failed to contribute toward
her support he says she didn't- need the
money. - • • : ¦ . . .
Scott A. McKeown has answered the
complaint for divorce filed -by his- wife,
Dorothy Studebaker-McKeown. ' His an
swer is in the nature Of a general denial,
the force of his denlarbeing directed to
ward the allegation that he is habitually
intemperate. ' . '
ROKEN in health through the ex
cessive use of morphine, a drift
ing derelict on the sea of life,
Mrs. William E. Sheridan, widow
of the great tragedian and herself
a well known actress, passed away yes
terday alone and forgotten in the squaad
little room she had occupied at 143 Minna
street- Her body was found stretched
upon the shabby cot by a man named
Bowen, who notified the Coroner's offlce,
and the remains of the unfortunate
woman were removed to the Morgue. •
As Louise Davenport the dead woman,
twenty years ago, was one of the most
popular actresses In this country and Aus
tralia, her specialty being tragic roles,
and the story of her life is the most
tragic and the most pathetic of all.
Louise Davenport _was born in Toronto,
Canada,~of humble' parents and worked
hard to support herself. She was a beau
tiful girl, and Robert McWade, the well
known actor, was .so impressed with her
appearance that he engaged her to play
minor roles with his company that was
then producing "Rip Van Winkle." Miss
Davenport came to California with Mc-
Wade and toured the coast. While In
Denver In 1SS1 she met William E. Sheri
dan. It was a case of love at first sight
on both sides. Sheridan, who was mar
ried, secured a divorce and soon after
married Louise Davenport in this city.
The two appeared many times together
In leading roles at both the Baldwin and
ELECTRIC CAR
KILLS WOMAN
Dr. T. W. B. Leland, who was on a car
following, found that life was not extinct
and ordered the victim to the hospital, but
she' died en route. • , < .'. .-
The body was identified at- the- Morgue
by Thomas Fellows, a neighbor, as that
of Mrs. Lucy A. Simmons of. 911 .Dolores
street. She had a son, LevI .. Simmons,
a customs inspector. Mrs. Simmons was
returning from the home ' of "friends' at
Twenty-fourth and York streets when
.she was killed. : ¦¦' . . ¦.
her the woman stepped forward again,
and before an accident' could be averted
was struck and knocked- to the pavement.
Louise Davenport after Sheridan's denth
was never the same woman. Overcome
with grief at the loss or her husband, she
began to wither and her beauty, gradually
disappeared. She returned ,from Austra
lia and retired from the. stage. In 1S94
old California theaters. Old theater-goers
claim that Sheridan as Louis XI, assisted
by his wife, gave the greatest treat in the
mummers' art ever given in this . clty.^
Their success was world wide, and they
accepted i an engagement to appear in
legitimate roles in Australia. They sailed
for the scenes of their fresh triumphs in
the fall of 1SS4. When Sheridan arrived
in Australia success turned his head arid
he entered upon a career of dissipation
and riotous living, as a result of which his
health became, impaired. He died siirl
denly in the Royal Theater at Sydney.-
Australia, while witnessing a performance .
from a box. His wife at that time was
filling an engagement at Adeialde. but she
arrived in Sydney two hours after his
death. ¦
Says He Is Not Victim of
Alcohol and Has. No
M'KEOWN MAKES
UNIQUE DEFENSE
There Is still remaining subject to the
jurisdiction of the court the sum of $380,
000 which was withheld pending the final
adjudication of the claims of Mrs. Nettle
R. Craven. This money will not leave the
jurisdiction of the court until after the
Supreme Court has passed upon the last
appeal which may be taken under the
law. This being the case, months must
necessarily elapse before the Fair estate
emerges from litigation and enters
history.
The motion for the allowance of counsel
fees presented by ex-Supreme Court Jus
tice Van R. Paterson for services ren
dered on behalf of the so-called minor
heirs, the children of the children of the
late James G. Fair, was not passed upon
by the court. This matter will be passed
upon later.
The supplemental account presented by
the executors, which was settled by
Judge Troutt, covered the period from
June 24 to. August 24, 1901. inclusive, and
showed the condition of the estate to be
as follows;
Uosey in bank June 24, 1901, $T66,8S2 18; re
ceipts from June 24 to Aupust 24, 1901. $555,309 3S.
Total receipts. $i,J2I,191 £«; disbursements dur
ing same period, fllS.134 94; balance on hand.
IT,2f»4.Co6 C2. The two largest items In the list
of receipts were a sum of $393,640, realized from
the sa!e of SMI shares of the Ohio River Rail
road Company's stock, and $29,372 72, realized
from the sale of 3. 175. "44 pounds of wheat at
ithr cents »er 100 pound*.
Tbe counsel fees were allowed as follows: i
To -William M. Pierson. R. B. Mitchell
and George E. Crothers, Jointly, as at- .
tcmeys for James S. Anrus and .
Thomas G. Crothers, executors $150,000
To Garret W. McEnerney. as attorney for
"W. S. Goodfellow. executor 75,000
To Robert T. Hayne, as attorney for W.
S. Goodfellow. executor 25,000
Total $152,817 46
This gives each executor one-third,
which Is ~ 60.839 13
A few hundred thousand dollars were
distributed among the executors of the
will of the late James G. Fair and the
attorneys who have represented them
during the weary* years of litigation, by
Judge Troutt yesterday. The distribution
of fees preceded the filing of a supple
mental account by the executors, a form
ality -which will be indulged in by the
executors, assisted by their attorneys,
every few months until the final decrees,
relating to the claims of Mrs. Nettie R.
Craven and those of the children of the
dead millionaire, are filed.
When court convened yesterday morn
ing Judge-Troutf announced that he had
reached a conclusion regarding the peti
tions for fees filed by the executors and
their attorneys. Following is a tabulated
statement as filed by the court: .
Appraised value of estate as pep in
ventory on file 07
Receipts by executors since their
qualification ....... -4,171,006 88
Increase in personal property........ 1,221,640 63
Increase in realty 250,060 00
Total ..$17,871,615 60
X*»se amount on -which commissions -
were paid in New York 2.S01.905 17
Total on which commissions are
computable now $15,069,740 43
Commissions at the statutory rate: . •.
$1,000 00 at 7 per cent *T0 00
8,008 00 at 5 per cent • 450 00
10.000 CO at 4 per cent ....:.. 400 00
S0.00& 00 at 8 per cent.... 900 00
60,000 00 at 2 per cent 1,000 00
34,&e9,740 43 at 1 per cent 149,697 40
The name of Daniel V. Kelly of the firm
of Liebes & Kelly has been added to the
list of Republican candidates for Mayor.
He waft a member of the Gommittee of
One Hundred called together to discuss
the new- charter provisions. He was
chairman of- the committee to which was
assigned the duty of preparing sections
relating to the .police department.
Several of the district delegations of the
Republican camp will caucus this week to
consider topics relative to the organiza
tion of the convention. The Horace Da
vis Club of the' Forty-first District will
meet Thursday evening. Another confer
ence of independent anti-boss delegates
will be held at Native Sons' Hall, on
Seventeenth street, next. Friday evening. t
Delegates. to the Republican Municipal
Convention are closely observing the pro
gress of political . events in the labor
camp. ,It is quite well understood that
Hearst expects to take charge of the La
bor party and use it as an -instrument to
club Phelan and McNab into political in
sensibility. The shrewdest of the labor
leaders suspect that some purpose other
than desire to assist worklngmen ani
mates the. Interested politicians.
The Republicans expect that Dr. O'Don
nell will be in the field as a candidate for
Mayor. The Socialists have already nom
inated a. ticket. While there is not much
in the outlook to cheer the old liners of
the Democratic fold it is reasonably sure
that the McNab-Phelan convention will
nominate a full list of candidates and
make a fight to preserve the organization
for future use. .The present signs point to
four candidates for Mayor— the Republi
can nominee and three others.
The Republican Camp.
'The Social' Democratic \ party N has
changed Its name to Socialist party, not
desiring to seem" at all affiliated' with the
Democrats. It purposes to enter the local
campaign with greater zeal than ever.
Meetings will shortly be called in the va
rious Assembly districts to organize clubs
for political work. Considerable elation is
felt by the Socialists over the selection of
condidates, and confidence is expressed in
their ability to hold their present position
of third party. . Some even predict that If
the Union Labor party indorses the So
cialist ticket Democracy will be forced to
the rear. ' •"".'¦
-There are. dissensions In the labor camp.
Many, of the unions refuse to elect dele
gates to" the Union Labor party conven
tion," called to meet at Metropolitan Tem
ple September 6. Only thirty of the 128
unlontf'ln San Francisco have chosen dele
gates. Men have been appointed or elect
ed to represent the machinists. 'cooks and
waiters, hackmen, cloakmakers, milkmen,
bakers, ...brewere,' shoemakers and team
sters. The largest delegation is from the
Machinists'. Union. It transpires that
many of the delegates already chosen par
ticipated In' the recent ¦ primary election,
and therefore cannot under -the law sign
a petition for independent nominations.
Unions Intending to send .delegates have
been advised by their leaders to elect men
who did not take part in the primary
election. ' j- - ••• . ; -
Settled.
Account, "Which Is {
Executors File Supplemental
Ono More Name Added to the
List of Candidates for
Mayor.
The-room in which tha former 'actress
died was bereft of furniture, save for the
bed. She was true to her husband's mem-
After a' longr and -weary' "search she
found her sister in Bakersfleld. The drug
had a firm . hold : on the young girl, who
was living out in the marshes, dressed In
rags- and nearly starving. Louise ¦ took
her- sister- to ''the best hotel In Bakers
field, dressed. her in the finest clothes that
-money would buy and did everything In
her power to reclaim her from her life of
vice. • Her efforts were of no avail, how
ever, and Etta' Waters died, but not be
fore, Louise had herself , become a-mor
phine fiend and as firmly clutched in the
vice as the sister k whom she had sought
to save from its thraldom.
From that (time Louise Davenport went
downward rapidly, .until- she- reached the
lowest depths of depravity. Sheridan had
served 1 In the Union army during the Civil
War, and on this account Louise Daven
" port secured a small pension - from 'the
-¦Government. , .-"¦•.¦¦"
iln the past few years.no one who had
known her in the heyday of her career
would have, recognized the prematurely
old woman who hung around corner gro
ceries begging - and pleading 'for stimu
lants.*
she decided, to return to 'Australia' and
erect a handsome monument ¦¦; over the
grave of Sheridan. While engaged on this
mission she: heard that her ; sister, Etta
Waters, who was also an actress, had be
come a morphine flend and .was living: In
a- filthy v condition: somewhere In Califor
nia. She at once decided to return to this
country : and reclaim her wayward rela
tive. ¦ . - -,¦.--¦ -..-¦- • >.¦ ,---¦:¦; :<.'A
Judge Troutt Passes on
Many Claims for
Fees.
Some of the Unions Re
fuse to Take Hand in
-* Politics. /
FAIR ATTORNEYS
ARE REWARDED
LABOR PARTY
HAS TROUBLES
Sad Fate of Louise Davenport, Widow of Tragedian
Shendan===Sought to Save Sister and Fell.
FORMER STAGE FAVORITE
DIES A VICTIM OF MORPHINE
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALli, TUESDAY, AUGUST 27i 1901.
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